Created by Peter M. Lenkov and Lucas Marangon, the 2000 miniseries centers on the Rest In Peace Department, a divine law-enforcement division comprised of ghosts who grapple with spirits who aren't ready to depart this world. The busy Reynolds stars as Nick Cruz, a recently murdered police officer who trades 100 years of service to the R.I.P.D. in exchange for a shot at finding his killer. Galifianakis would play Reynolds' partner, a wise-cracking ghost who's been hunting spirits since the 19th century.